Report: Jimmy Haslam, NFL have indictment contingency strategy

Summary of 4 articles · Updated Jul 10, 2013

Maybe it’s just wishful thinking on Haslam’s part and maybe the NFL doesn’t want to commit to anything until it gets a chance to read the indictment, if an indictment comes. Of particular note: Grossi quoted an unnamed league source who said that the NFL … (more)and Haslam “have a plan in place in the event there is an indictment to maintain ownership of the Browns during the legal process.” Amid reports that the NFL and the Browns have a plan in place if owner Jimmy Haslam is indicted, the plan is there is no plan. Haslam has been doing furious damage control since the April 15 raid on company headquarters and the subsequent release of an FBI affidavit with transcripts of secretly recorded conversations among the sales staff. He refused to comment on the newspaper's story when asked about it by ESPN Cleveland, but instead emphasized how much money he has invested into the Browns, including $5 million to remodel the team's facilities and a planned $100 million investment to remodel the team's stadium.

League says no plan in place in the event of a Haslam indictment

Amid reports that the NFL and the Browns have a plan in place if owner Jimmy Haslam is indicted, the plan is there is no plan. According to WEWS-TV in Cleveland, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said there’s “no plan in place” if Haslam faces formal charges…

Haslam has no plans to sell Browns

Browns owner and Pilot Flying J Chief Executive Officer Jimmy Haslam says he isn’t going anywhere. Pressure on Haslam and his company have mounted in recent weeks with guilty pleas from five Pilot employees in the federal investigation into whether the …